Sarah Michelle Gellar

Buffy and her bump: Sarah Michelle Gellar shows off her burgeoning belly on shopping trip

She may be only four months pregnant, but Sarah Michelle Gellar’s baby bump is growing at a rapid pace.

The Buffy The Vampire Slayer actress, 32, showed off her burgeoning belly yesterday as she enjoyed a spot of retail therapy in New York.

She looked a picture of maternity chic in a floaty £365 sundress from Elizabeth & James, the diffusion line designed by twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

The expectant star is currently busy filming a pilot of new TV show The Wonderful Maladys, but took time out to shop with friends on Thursday.

Debuting her baby bump: Sarah Michelle Gellar, who is four months pregnant with his first child, enjoys a shopping trip in New York City

Dressed for comfort in the flowing gown, blue cardigan and sandals, Sarah looked like she settling into pregnancy well.

The star and her friends popped into the Diane Von Furstenburg store in Manhattan’s trendy Meatpacking district.

It was announced last month, Sarah and husband Freddie Prinze Jnr, 33, were expecting their first child together - said to be a girl - but the notoriously-private couple declined to confirm it.

Pregnancy chic: Sarah wore a £365 dress from Elizabeth & James, the diffusion line designed by the Olsen twins

A friend of the couple told People magazine: ’They’re very excited.’

But given these latest pictures of Sarah, there’s no denying she’s pregnant.

Two years ago, Sarah admitted she wasn’t quite ready for children: ’You can’t be selfish and have a child.

’Right now I want to live my life and have fun. I want to go sit in my Jacuzzi and drink wine all night.’

Her Buffy co-star Michelle Trachtenberg, who played her young sister, said: ’I was jumping for joy (when I found out). We talk every other day. I’m super excited.

’I’m so very happy for her and Freddie. She’s going to be an extraordinary mom. Good people make great parents.’

Sarah met her future husband Freddie on the set of the 1997 horror flick I Know What You Did Last Summer.

They also starred together in the two film versions of Scooby Doo.

They didn’t started dating until 2000 and were married in a lavish ceremony in Mexico in September 2002.

Although she is best known by her birth name, the actress legally changed her name to Sarah Michelle Prinze in honour of the couple’s fifth year of marriage in 2007.

Her most famous acting role was as the character Buffy Summers in the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel.